Shelling which caused an explosion 300 metres from reactors at the South Ukraine nuclear power plant "all too clearly demonstrates the dangers at other nuclear facilities in the country", said International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi as he steps up efforts to implement a safety and security zone around the Zaporizhzhia plant.

The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted the resolution, which calls on Russia to "cease all actions against, and at, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant", in a vote, with 26 in favour, seven abstentions and two voting against.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that consultations have begun over establishing a "safety and security zone" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and says that despite shelling continuing "I have seen signs that they are interested in this agreement".

The International Atomic Energy Agency has called for the establishment of a safety and security zone around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by Russian military forces since early March.

Four of the six International Atomic Energy Agency experts involved in the mission to the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in Ukraine have now left the site after a five-day visit.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says its experts are "here to stay and will maintain a continued presence" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and his team of inspectors arrived at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Thursday afternoon, following delays and despite the on-going conflict in the area.

Following months of negotiations, a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts and inspectors - led by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi - is on its way to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine to ensure nuclear safety and security there.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to the grid after hostilities in the area led to the damage of the last remaining operational 750 kilovolt external power line connecting the plant to the national grid.

Radioactive waste processing and disposal activities have resumed for the first time at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine since the Russian military occupation of the area earlier this year. The first batch of waste from the plant for disposal was transferred on 21 August.

With shelling continuing in the area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has welcomed recent statements indicating that both Ukraine and Russia support the IAEA's aim to send a mission to the plant.

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine decision resumes most of the plant's radioactive waste management licences, which were suspended in May following the Russian military occupation of the area.